Multiple Sclerosis: New Hope for Patients Newsweek Mon, 20 Mar 2006 6:44 AM PST New treatments are giving new hope to patients with multiple sclerosis

MS sufferer's journey of hope The Scotsman Mon, 20 Mar 2006 5:36 AM PST A KEEN sportsman who was left paralysed overnight by multiple sclerosis is planning to travel abroad for pioneering stem cell treatment which could allow him walk again.

New 'stars' In Formation Of Nerve Cell Insulation Medical News Today Sun, 19 Mar 2006 8:08 PM PST The insulating myelin sheath enwrapping the cable-like axons of nerve cells is the major target of attack of the immune system in multiple sclerosis. Such attack causes neural short-circuits that give rise to the muscle weakness, loss of coordination, and speech and visual loss in the disease.Now, Douglas Fields of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and his colleagues

Health and science news from UC campuses and labs UC Newswire Sun, 19 Mar 2006 5:34 PM PST New evidence suggests statins could prove useful in treating MS Mar 16, UCSF -- Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University Medical Center are reporting compelling new evidence that the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin could prove an effective therapy for preventing the progression of, and reversing the severity of, multiple sclerosis (MS).

British drug trial: two patients remain 'critical' AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 19 Mar 2006 1:33 PM PST Two men remained critically ill after taking part in a disastrous drugs trial in London, the hospital treating them said.

Trial drug had affected monkey glands Guardian Unlimited Mon, 20 Mar 2006 4:08 AM PST Drug that left men seriously ill after first tests on humans caused glands of monkeys to swell in experiments.

Drug-trial mishap 'may have been avoidable' Daily Telegraph Mon, 20 Mar 2006 4:18 AM PST The awful outcome of a drugs trial that has left two men fighting for their lives, and four others seriously ill, might have been avoided, some of Britain's most eminent scientists have said.

Doctors' concern over MS clinic Guardian Unlimited Mon, 20 Mar 2006 0:53 AM PST Scepticism over treatment for neurological disorder.

Pharmacy dispenses good medicine 1 million times Mississauga News Mon, 20 Mar 2006 7:24 AM PST While one fast-food chain certainly made the claim, a Clarkson pharmacy can also step up and say that one million have now been served.

Clinical testing under scrutiny after London drug calamity
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:27 PM PST
With the discovery of so many powerful new genetic drugs, testing methods will have to be reviewed following the illness of six human guinea pigs including two in critical condition after a drug trial in London, specialists warn.